Head: Academic and Professional Literacies

Duties/Pligte
- Serving on the Language Centre (LC) Management Committee;
- Taking responsibility for the strategic alignment of academic and professional literacies courses with the strategic goals of the LC, the Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement, and the University;
- Promoting multilingualism and a multilingual mindset in all academic and professional literacies courses;
- Overseeing the finances for academic and professional literacies courses, including strategic oversight of day-to-day financial administration and annual budgeting for the focus area;
- Ensuring quality teaching within the focus area, by, among other things, reflecting on student feedback, moderating internal courses and observing lectures;
- Liaising with Faculties (lecturers, faculty management, students) about issues pertaining to credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing courses, in conjunction with the LC Director and/or Senior Director, as required;
- Managing staff members regarding task descriptions, work agreements, workload and replacement lecturers, mentoring and professional learning opportunities, individual personal development plans, performance evaluations, leave arrangements and wellness;
- Managing the informal recruitment, monthly payment and monitoring of ad hoc teaching staff and/or suppliers;
- Raising awareness of academic and professional literacies offerings within SU by ensuring efficient reporting;
- Improving sustainability by ensuring that new training possibilities be explored and existing courses be profiled more visibly;
- Presenting academic and professional literacies modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as required;
- Presenting ad hoc workshops and short courses on academic and professional literacies to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as external clients as required;
- Ensuring that staff develop course material that is driven by innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and includes blended-learning materials that creates interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students;
- Regularly reviewing and refining syllabus and course material, tests and other assessments;
- Performing context-specific research to inform best practice in teaching and learning, academic and professional literacies, and related fields.
- Dien op die Taalsentrum (TS) se Bestuurskomitee;
- Aanvaar verantwoordelikheid vir die strategiese belyning van kursusse in akademiese en professionele geletterdheid met die strategiese doelwitte van die TS, die Afdeling Leer
- en Onderrigverryking, en die Universiteit;
- Bevorder meertaligheid en 'n meertalige ingesteldheid in alle kursusse in akademiese en professionele geletterdhede;
- Toesighouding oor die finansies vir kursusse in akademiese en professionele geletterdhede, onder meer deur middel van strategiese oorsig oor die daaglikse finansiële administrasie en jaarlikse begroting vir die fokusgebied;
- Verseker gehalte-onderrig binne die fokusgebied, onder meer deur oor studenteterugvoer te besin, interne kursusse te modereer en by lesings waar te neem;
- Skakel met Fakulteite (dosente, fakulteitsbestuur, studente) oor kwessies rakende kredietdraende en niekredietdraende kursusse, tesame met die TS Direkteur en/of Senior Direkteur, soos nodig;
- Bestuur personeellede wat betref pligomskrywings, werksooreenkomste, individuele persoonlikeontwikkelingsplanne, prestasiebeoordeling, verlofreëlings en welwees;
- Bestuur die informele werwing, maandelikse betaling en monitering van ad hoc-onderrigpersoneel en/of -verskaffers;
- Verhoog die bewustheid van akademiese en professionele geletterdhede binne die US-omgewing deur te sorg dat doeltreffend verslag gelewer word;
- Verbeter volhoubaarheid deur te verseker dat nuwe opleidingsgeleenthede ondersoek en bestaande kursusse sigbaarder bekendgemaak word;
- Bied modules oor akademiese en professionele geletterdhede op voor
- en nagraadse vlakke aan soos nodig;
- Bied ad hoc-werksessies en -kortkursusse oor akademiese en professionele geletterdhede vir voor
- en nagraadse studente sowel as eksterne kliënte aan soos nodig;
- Sien toe dat personeel kursusmateriaal ontwikkel wat deur vars en gepaste onderrigmetodes gestuur word en vermengdeleermateriaal insluit, en wat belangstelling, begrip en entoesiasme onder studente opwek;
- Gereelde hersiening en verfyning van sillabus
- en kursusmateriaal, -toetse en ander -assesserings;
- Verrig konteksspesifieke navorsing om beste praktyk in onderrig en leer, akademiese en professionele geletterdhede, en verwante velde te rig.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- An appropriate master's degree in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, or related fields;
- At least three years' teaching experience in the higher education environment, specifically in academic and professional literacies;
- Experience of curriculum development and assessment protocols;
- Experience leading a small team;
- Experience of staff management, including work agreements, perfo